Far East Cynic

We all know how this meme goes……

Idealism wrapped in naivete. I continue to shake my head at guys like Ralph Peters and others who continue to advocate for a noisy, rattle the cages, type of encouragement of the electoral chaos in Iran. These people are really misguided. They might want to get out and watch how

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Barbarians at the gate……..

We had some digging work done yesterday. Utility markings had been done-grass spray painted, that should take care of it right? WRONG. The cable for the TV and internet and phone were cut. But good. To say the S.O. was upset would not be putting it quite correctly. I think

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A touch of grey……….

I have seen the doctor….. And he has seen me. And for the moment at least-everything seems fine. Besides its always good to get that yearly reminder of why I really enjoy being heterosexual. He did remind me that my taste for beer is inching up my cholesterol numbers-not off

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I always wondered how they did it…….

One thing I miss living here in Hillbilly Hell Shopping Mall, is the lack of any good sushi. For a place that prides itsefl on bass fishing-they would not know a good piece of fish if it walked up and bit them on the ass. Back on the right side

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Blogging bleg…..

Help! My blog has fallen and it can’t get up. More specifically my WYSIWYG visual editor went bye-bye in the WordPress 2.8 upgrade. Any thoughts on how to fix?

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Supply side economics explained……

My Canadian counterpart-as he so often does- has captured in a few sentences, why Dr. Laffer is wrong: California is precisely why I distrust supply-side economics so much. While tax cuts may increase revenue in the short term that revenue almost never matches increases in spending. As a matter of

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Another thing to complain about.

Busy night tonight with some correspondence that needed to be attended to. Could not put it off any longer. Also had to spend some time working on one of my on-line courses. I hate on-line courses. Give me a class room and a good looking teacher any day of the

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Books and Stuff

It has taken me a while but I finally have plowed through my latest bit of books. I’ve also begun to attack two others. The S.O. dragged me to an estate sale after my sister left Saturday morning. She and her friend were moving on westward-as they move out on

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